This day in baseball
Posted: June 19, 2014 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Cleveland Indians, history, Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball, Mel Harder, MLB, New York Yankees, sports 3 Comments
New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio struck out three times in one game, facing Cleveland Indians pitcher Mel Harder on June 19, 1942. It was the only time in his career that DiMaggio would strike out three times in a single contest.
You got me curious, so I checked. In 1942 Joe D struck out 36 times in 154 games. So he had 8.3% of his strikeouts in one day. Thanks for the info.
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Holy cow… that’s a pretty mind-blowing statistic. Thank you for looking that up!
This is an amazing Dimaggio accomplishment especially when compared to today’s game where over the last few years, I think strikeouts are happening at a record pace. And after seeing what v added….the 8.3% of his season k’s. I had never heard of Mel Harden and now I will never forget him.